# Setting Course 2026 Episode 1 | Rob Dannenberg, Former Senior Official, CIA

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Podcast: [SmarterMarkets™](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smartermarkets-1365693)
Published: 2026-01-10T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://smartermarkets.podbean.com/e/setting-course-2026-episode-1-rob-dannenberg-former-senior-official-cia/
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## Resource

This week, we kick off our new series Setting Course 2026 by welcoming Former Senior CIA Official Rob Dannenberg back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Rob to discuss the inflection point being created by the Russian war in Ukraine, the capture by the United States of Venezuelan President Maduro, and the potential implications of this widening of the range of acceptable behavior by great powers as we move into 2026.

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